The Growth Company's (GC) Justice Services seeks Support Workers to deliver rehabilitation and Employment Training and Education support within our Creating Future Opportunities (CFO) Evolution Programme. You will be dual trained as a Support Worker and Activity Facilitator, providing advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring, and support to participants through regular 1:1 meetings and group interventions. We make a lasting difference in the lives of people across the North of England by helping individuals gain meaningful employment. Our skilled advisers and keyworkers assist a range of individuals, from those recently out of work to those facing complex barriers such as physical disabilities, mental ill-health, and debt. Key Responsibilities: Identify individual learning needs and create action plans. Plan training and interventions for each participant. Develop supportive relationships with participants. Enable participants to access and use information. Record activities and progress on the CRM system. Support participants in implementing future actions. Prepare resources and facilitate group learning. Job-match and broker employment opportunities. About You: Experience working with offenders or marginalised individuals in training, guidance, advice, and counselling. Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills. Ability to work in a target-driven environment, achieving successful outcomes. High-level guidance skills for one-to-one and group sessions. Warm, empathetic style to build rapport and support participant progression. Skills Required: Desired: Information Advice and Guidance or teaching qualifications, or equivalent experience. Knowledge of offender rehabilitation issues and desistance theory. Familiarity with National Probation Services, HM Prison environments, and local/national training and employment opportunities. Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this. If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community. As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team. We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We're supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage. GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible. If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at careersgrowthco.uk or call us on 0161 237 4447. All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.